rohini and the blossoming of the snake
so i've been thinking about how the last stage of rohini becomes ashlesha and how they're both already connected by the snake: rohini's yoni is a snake, and ashlesha's deity is the nagas (divine serpents).
there's this metaphorical connection between eve in the garden of eden and rohini we often mention, like they represent the same character: living in the garden, unaware of everything and kept in a pristine little ecosystem in all her innocence. often people refer to rohini as the "baby stage" of lunar nakshatras, where we're learning to process and receive our first tidbits of information about the world... but ever notice how the last pada of rohini shifts into ashlesha? my theory is that that's her journey: at some point she needs to become that snake everyone is trying to keep her away from, she eventually needs to find the snake inside her (yoni) and fully embrace it!
i believe that contrary to what some may suggest, rohini's journey is not always about permanently leaving the garden but about reclaiming the garden she needs to gain the secret knowledge that's been kept hidden from her; basically instead of staying the little princess weaving flower crowns, at some point rohini needs to realise she made those flowers, and everything else in there is made by her and it's her right to keep them. that's when she becomes the snake of the secret knowledge.
as my friend thana summarised: rohini needs to embody the energy of creation (gifted to her by brahma) and just push forward and show people what she's capable of, instead of staying compliant and letting people take away her agency.
now the real interesting part of this is how rohini pada 4 is actually ruled by moon in navamsha, and that can mean that the other nakshatras falling into the sign of cancer could represent stages of this journey! and in here we're gonna mention punarvasu as well: with rohini changing to punarvasu we can talk about how part of the journey is feeling lost and like all hope is gone... but thanks to the guidance of aditi the themes of a fresh beginning after losing everything and starting a new life are also found in this nakshatra. another theme of punarvasu is short journeys! so with this we can theorise that, as the story goes, rohini (characterised by eve) needs to leave the garden. her happy days are gone, she needs to leave everything she's even known and venture outside her garden... in here is where the lily myth happens, i think: the myth goes that as eve (rohini, for us) leaves the garden crying those tears rolling down her cheeks become lily flower as soon as they hit the ground... and if she looks down and sees the flowers? then what?
rohini now has 2 options:
1.- she embraces the next stage of her life as mrigashira, continues crying and just leaves everything behind walking around the bare lands tired of walking but not having where to stop (and eventually if the the feeling of desolation doesn't stop it becomes ardra, entering the second stage of grief: anger, rolling around like a bouquet of stormy clouds)
2.- when she sees her tears are becoming flowers (the lily story) she realises it was all her doing, and she can't leave her creation behind. she realises she didn't only live in the garden: she made that garden! she was the creative force that made the flowers! she wasn't tempted by the snake... she was the snake all-along! that's how she regains her light-- by embracing the part of herself people told her she had to repress and keep away from. and and as the snake and the garden are actually the same being, she can't be exiled.
now she has accessed the secret knowledge of her reality so now she was the truth. and she gets to keep it-- all of it, because it's rightfully hers.
this reminds me how in the rohini nakshatra video by claire nakti, she mentiones how often this nakshtra is found in the trope of "born sexy yesterday" this is what the site the mary sue says about the pop culture detectiveâs âborn sexy yesterdayâ video exploring this trope:
if you check the examples of the trope it mentions: rohini moon native daryl hannah in splash, rohini rising amy adams in enchanted, and even kim basinger who has a sagittarius stellium with dispositor being rohini jupiter in my stepmother is an alien!
interesting how again her innocence is in some way weaponised against her by others who want her to remain like that: docile and bendable to their own wishes, toying with her. draining her creative energy, using it for their own gains.
rohini as persephone exploring the shadows to find her light has also been talked about several times by a friend and it's fascinating seeing how all of the themes keep reappearing in many different ways, always about someone wanting to ensnare this archetypical character, and so i think exploring the darkness or chasing the truth is a theme in the rohini journey. this can also be attributed to the fascination many rohini have for the sciences (uncovering how the world works) or gardening (exploring how nature works) or arts (uncovering what beauty is).
i'm not saying that eventually rohini will for sure find her truth and become the snake, i've already mentioned there's several steps that can make the journey take longer or even change it altogether as it's in her flighty mind's nature to want to explore all she can. i feel like the obstacles of the rohini journey are seen clearly in the lyrics or "pure imagination" from charlie and the chocolate factory:
and it's also interesting to see how in some occasions, like alice in wonderland, rohini leaves on her journey and comes back to her garden, but stays the same all-along and no acquisition of truth takes place as she just enjoys the adventure!
âWhen a woman teams up with a snake a moral storm threatens somewhere.â â stacy schiff
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